Areas of Focus
- Stress-induced emotional disorders and intervention strategies
- Pathological mechanisms of chronic social defeat stress-induced depression
- Non-pharmacological treatment methods for depression
- Pain stress-induced emotional disorders
Work Experience
- 2014-2017 - Georgia Medical College - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2017-2023 - Guangzhou Medical University - Professor
- 2023-present - Southern Medical University - Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004-2008 Bachelor of Medicine: Southern Medical University
- 2008-2014 PhD in Neurobiology: Southern Medical University
Publications
- Astrocytic lactate dehydrogenase A regulates neuronal excitability and depressive like behaviors through lactate homeostasis in mice, Yao, Shan; Xu, Min-Dong; Wang, Ying; Zhao, Shen-Ting; Wang, Jin; Chen, Gui-Fu; Chen, WenBing; Liu, Jian; Huang, Guo-Bin; Sun, Wen-Juan; Zhang, Yan-Yan; Hou, Huan-Li; Li, Lei; Sun, Xiang-Dong, 2023
- Elevated prelimbic cortex-to-basolateral amygdala circuit activity mediates comorbid anxiety-like behaviors in chronic pain, Gao, Feng; Huang, Jie; Huang, Guo-Bin; You, Qiang-Long; Yao, Shan; Zhao, Shen-Ting; Liu, Jian; Wu, Cui-Hong; Chen, Gui-Fu; Liu, Shi-Min; Yu, Zongyan; Zhou, Yan-Ling; Ning, Yu-Ping; Liu, Shenquan; Hu, Bing-Jie; Sun, Xiang-Dong, 2023
- Anti-depression effects of ketogenic diet are mediated via the restoration of microglial activation and neuronal excitability in the lateral habenula, Guan, Yan-Fei; Huang, Guo-Bin; Xu, Min-Dong; Gao, Feng; Lin, Song; Huang, Jie; Wang, Jin; Li, Yuan-Quan; Wu, Cui-Hong; Yao, Shan; Wang, Ying; Zhang, Yun-Long; Teoh, Jian-peng; Xuan, Aiguo; Sun, Xiang-Dong, 2020
- Lrp4 in astrocytes modulates glutamatergic transmission., Sun, Xiang-Dong; Li, Lei; Liu, Fang; Huang, Zhi-Hui; Bean, Jonathan C; Jiao, Hui-Feng; Barik, Arnab; Kim, Seon-Myung; Wu, Haitao; Shen, Chengyong; Tian, Yun; Lin, Thiri W; Bates, Ryan; Sathyamurthy, Anupama; Chen, Yong-Jun; Yin, Dong-Min; Xiong, Lei; Lin, Hui-Ping; Hu, Jin-Xia; Li, Bao-Ming; Gao, Tian-Ming; Xiong, Wen-Cheng; Mei, Lin, 2016
- Neogenin in Amygdala for Neuronal Activity and Information Processing, Sun, Xiang-Dong; Chen, Wen-Bing; Sun, Dong; Huang, Jie; Li, Yuan-Quan; Pan, Jin-Xiu; Wang, Ya-Nan; Zhao, Kai; Dong, Zhao-Qi; Wang, Hong-Sheng; Xiong, Lei; Xuan, Aiguo; Zhao, ShenTing; Pillai, Anilkumar; Xiong, Wen-Cheng; Mei, Lin, 2018
Awards
- 2019: Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Award First Prize
- 2019: 'Young Pearl River Scholar' title by Guangdong Provincial Department of Education